12/28/2011

Best Dividend Achiever Picks For 2012

Top Dividend Achiever To Buy For 2012 by Dividend Yield - Stock, Capital, Investment. Here is a current sheet of Dividend Achiever (stocks that have raised dividends for at least 10 year in a row without a break) with an interesting market valuation, a great growth performance as well as good earnings situation. Such stocks have a forward price to earnings ratio of less than 15, a sales growth over the past five years of more than 5 percent as well as an operating margin above 20 percent. Exactly 13 stocks with a market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion fulfilled these criteria. Five of them have a yield above 3 percent.

People's United Financial (NASDAQ:PBCT) has a market capitalization of $4.58 billion. The company employs 4,528 people, generates revenues of $828.80 million and has a net income of $85.70 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $144.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 17.39 percent (operating margin 12.72 percent and the net profit margin finally 8.59 percent).

The total debt representing 2.73 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 13.10 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 1.63 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $0.53. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.62 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 23.81, Price/Sales 4.64 and Price/Book ratio 0.88. Dividend Yield: 4.91 percent. The beta ratio is 0.32.

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PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) has a market capitalization of $17.17 billion. The company employs 13,809 people, generates revenues of $8,521.00 million and has a net income of $976.00 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $2,419.00 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 28.39 percent (operating margin 21.86 percent and the net profit margin finally 11.45 percent).

The total debt representing 40.68 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 162.69 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 13.88 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $2.64. Last fiscal year, the company paid $1.40 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 11.23, Price/Sales 2.02 and Price/Book ratio 1.75. Dividend Yield: 4.70 percent. The beta ratio is 0.42.

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Southside Bancshares (NASDAQ:SBSI) has a market capitalization of $358.79 million. The company employs 578 people, generates revenues of $131.37 million and has a net income of $40.45 million. The firm’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounts to $78.75 million. Because of these figures, the EBITDA margin is 59.95 percent (operating margin 38.13 percent and the net profit margin finally 29.42 percent).

The total debt representing 2.23 percent of the company’s assets and the total debt in relation to the equity amounts to 31.17 percent. Due to the financial situation, the return on equity amounts to 18.98 percent. Twelve trailing months earnings per share amounts to $2.28. Last fiscal year, the company paid $0.81 in form of dividends to shareholders.

Here are the price ratios of the company: The P/E ratio is 9.57, Price/Sales 2.64 and Price/Book ratio 1.69. Dividend Yield: 3.26 percent. The beta ratio is 0.68.

Long-Term Stock Chart Of Southside Bancshares, ... (Click to enlarge)

Here is the full table with some fundamentals (TTM):

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Take a closer look at the full table. The average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 13.42 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 11.97. The dividend yield has a value of 2.46 percent. Price to book ratio is 3.23 and price to sales ratio 2.90. The operating margin amounts to 32.35 percent.

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What is a dividend? A dividend is a payment by the company to its shareholders. Normally, a stock pays 4 times a year a quarter dividend in order to participate investors at the company’s success. The amount of dividends in relation to the earnings of a company is called payout ratio. The figure measures the part of the earned money which is paid to the shareholders. A payout ratio of up to 50 percent (half of it's earnings) is a good figure. Sometimes it could be possible that companies can pay 90 percent of its net income due to its business model. Those businesses don’t need much money for growing.

The dividend amount in relation to the price that an investor pays is called the dividend yield. The value measures the return of the investor. A dividend yield of 5 percent (High-Yield) means that the investor receives 5 percent of his investment in cash - pretax within a year. This value is estimated for the full year dividends. Most of the highest yielding dividend stocks have only a big quarter dividend of more than one percent because of it's unsustainable dividends. The capital market expects a dividend dividend cut by the company.

An important date for investors is the ex-dividend date. This is the day on which the new investor doesn’t receive any dividend payments. He must wait 3 month for the next quarter dividend.

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What is a Stock? Stocks (also called stock or share) are part of the capital stock of a company. It represents the original equity paid into the company. The capital stock could be traded at well-known stock markets like the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ.Every stock or share represents a partition ownership to the company. A stock owner has the ability to receive dividends and has a voting right for the annual general meeting (AGM). The stock owner participates on the business opportunities and risks.

There are two main stock types available: common stock and preferred stock. A common stock gives the shareowner the ability to vote at the annual general meeting and to receive dividends. A preferred stock has no voting right but for compensation, a higher claim for earnings and assets.

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